Data Center Manufacturing Engineer
About the position The Data Center Manufacturing Engineer supports the qualification, onboarding, validation, and continuous improvement of suppliers serving hyperscale data center infrastructure programs. The position is the primary manufacturing engineering interface among Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality, and external suppliers, ensuring manufacturing readiness, production scalability, and operational excellence across the supply base. The role regularly engages with supplier manufacturing facilities to assess production processes, capabilities, capacity planning, quality performance, and operational risks. It supports suppliers of both electrical and mechanical infrastructure and partners with supplier engineering and operations teams to drive improvement and support rapid deployment objectives. The position requires 20–50% domestic and international travel.
Responsibilities
- Qualify and onboard new suppliers supporting data center infrastructure programs.
- Conduct supplier audits, manufacturing assessments, and production readiness reviews.
- Evaluate supplier manufacturing capabilities, workforce, equipment, processes, and quality systems.
- Validate manufacturing processes, tooling, production lines, and factory readiness for new products and suppliers.
- Provide manufacturing engineering expertise during RFQ/RFP activities, supplier evaluations, and selection.
- Assess supplier capacity, throughput, scalability, and operational performance against forecasted demand.
- Lead or support pilot builds, first article inspections, and manufacturing readiness activities.
- Conduct regular supplier site visits to identify manufacturing risks and ensure ongoing production performance.
- Partner with suppliers to improve quality, yield, throughput, efficiency, and delivery performance.
- Drive root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Quality, and Program Management teams to support deployment objectives.
- Identify manufacturing, quality, and capacity risks and develop mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 5 years of manufacturing engineering, supplier manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, supplier development, or related experience.
- Experience qualifying and onboarding suppliers in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience validating manufacturing processes, production equipment, tooling, and factory readiness.
- Experience assessing supplier capacity, production scalability, and operational performance.
- Experience conducting supplier audits and manufacturing site assessments.
- Experience supporting RFQ/RFP activities and supplier selection processes.
- Experience driving process improvements and manufacturing performance enhancements within supplier operations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel 20–50% domestically and internationally.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center, telecommunications, industrial infrastructure, or mission-critical environments.
- Experience with electrical infrastructure such as switchgear, transformers, busway, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, or modular power solutions.
- Experience with mechanical infrastructure such as chillers, cooling systems, CDUs, CRAH/CRAC equipment, heat exchangers, or prefabricated mechanical assemblies.
- Experience working with global suppliers across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, Control Plans, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma methodologies.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability benefits
- Employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid Time Off
- Leaves of absence options
- Flexible work options
- Recognition and employee satisfaction programs
- Employee assistance program
- Voluntary benefits
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